Valentyn N. Stelmakh

Valentyn Nazarovich Stelmakh (1979-2008) was a Ukrainian member of the Russian Mafia who served as an enforcer for the Faustin crime family. Mikhail Faustin hired Stelmakh as one of his bodyguards, and Stelmakh remained loyal to Faustin even after Dimitri Rascalov began to plot against him in the spring of 2008. Stelmakh was killed by Niko Bellic during the shootout at the Perestroika Cabaret Club in Brighton Beach, New York City.

Biography
Valentyn Nazarovich Stelmakh was born in Romny, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union in 1979, and he was arrested in 1996 for being involved in petty theft. Stelmakh was hardened in the prison system, becoming a member of the thieves in law. Stelmakh came to the United States in 2000 to pursue a criminal career, settling in the Brighton Beach neighborhood of southern Brooklyn, New York City. Stelmakh was employed as an enforcer for the powerful Faustin crime family, and he became known for his ruthlessness. Mikhail Faustin took a liking to Stelmakh, and he decided to hire him as a hitman for the New York Russian Mafia. Stelmakh became one of his bodyguards, and he accompanied Faustin and Edgar V. Abakumov to the Perestroika Cabaret Club. Stelmakh and Abakumov were ordered to take Niko Bellic out of the club after Bellic threatened Faustin's life, but Bellic drew a Micro-Uzi submachine gun and proceeded to gun down Stelmakh, Abakumov, and several other Russian mobsters.